Latest developments and challenges (UNODC)
Bibliography: International Policy Issues
NODC report on East and Southeast Asia
Continued growth in the supply of methamphetamine while synthetic opioids spread – Download (UNODC)
The Uruguay – West Africa trafficking connection. An urgent need for closer cooperation and policy exchange (PDF)
Uruguay’s emergence as a transit route for cocaine provides new challenges to international law enforcement cooperation and creates greater need for setting up secure channels of communication between Uruguayan and West African law enforcement (Gdpo)
Trends in the availability and type of drugs sold on the internet via cryptomarkets
January 2019 – January 2020 (NDARC)
Seoul Searching
South Korea’s AI Counter-Cryptomarket Capability and Associated Privacy Dilemmas (gdpo)
A review of legislative initiatives on the liability of drug-related advocacy (propaganda) in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan during the second half of 2019 and early 2020
possible risks for social programmes aimed at working with people who use drugs (ehra)
EMCDDA publishes update on the implications of COVID-19 for people who use drugs and for drug service providers
What specific risks are people who use drugs (PWUD) likely to face during the COVID-19 pandemic? What services will they need? How will professionals working with this group need to adapt on the frontline? (EMCDDA)
Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European multi-city study (Perspectives on drugs)
The results provide a valuable snapshot of the drug flow through the cities involved, revealing marked geographical variations (EMCDDA)
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences 2019
This report, our ninth on the subject, continues our work of providing regular updates on legislative, policy and practical developments related to the use of capital punishment for drug offences, a practice which is a clear violation of international law (Harm Reduction International)
Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2019
The thematic chapter of the INCB annual report for 2019 focuses on improving prevention and treatment services for young people (International Narcotics Control Board)
Programming document 2020-22
The Programming Document 2020-22 translates the long-term priorities defined by the EMCDDA Strategy 2025 into short-term operational priorities
Monitoring and evaluating changes in cannabis policies: insights from the Americas
This report provides an overview of the changes in cannabis policies in the Americas and the evidence emerging from evaluations of their impact (EMCDDA)
EU Drug Markets Report 2019
EMCDDA Director presents EU Drug Markets Report 2019 at European Parliament — ‘a clear wake-up call for policymakers’
EMCDDA operating guidelines for the European Union Early Warning System on new psychoactive substances
These guidelines provide the rationale, steps, procedures, roles, and responsibilities for the operation of the EU Early Warning System (EMCDDA)
UN Common Position on drug policy – Consolidating system-wide coherence
This briefing paper reconstructs the long and troubled process that led to the adoption of this ground-breaking UN System Common Position (TNI)
Terrorism and drugs in Europe
Despite much speculation and conjecture over potential crossovers between terrorists and the drug trade in Europe, no study has examined the issue. This paper fills this gap by empirically examining such crossovers in the European Union between 2012 and 2017 (EMCDDA)
Using open-source information to improve the European drug monitoring system
This paper explains the methodology developed by the EMCDDA for open-source information monitoring in the area of drug markets. Initially designed to support the work of the EU Early Warning System in 2016, the technique has recently been expanded to cover open-source information through a pilot project focusing on data on heroin and cocaine seizures of 100 kg or more for the European market between April 2017 and March 2018 (EMCDDA)
Drug precursor developments in the European Union
This paper describes the significant developments that have occurred in the last 5 to 10 years in the field of drug precursors related to synthetic stimulant drugs produced in the EU (EMCDDA)
Methamphetamine in Europe: EMCDDA-Europol threat assessment
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the methamphetamine market in the European Union. It assesses the current threat situation regarding current trends in production, trafficking and distribution (EMCDDA)
EU Drug Markets Report 2019
The EU Drug Markets Report 2019 is the third comprehensive overview of illicit drug markets in the European Union by the EMCDDA and Europol.
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